2025 NCAA Volleyball championship preview
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Tipping first from State Farm Arena in Atlanta at 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday will be No. 6 seed St. John's vs. No. 7 seed Kentucky. The game marks a reunion between UK coach Mark Pope and St. John's coach Rick Pitino, who coached Pope as part of the Wildcats' 1996 national championship team.
Craig Skinner and the Kentucky Wildcats are headed back to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament Final 4. Kentucky volleyball beat Creighton to advance.
The Kentucky Wildcats square off against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Final Four of the NCAA volleyball tournament on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025 (12/18/25) at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
In the NCAA volleyball Final Four, Kentucky uncorked its worst set in seven years. Now, the Wildcats can handle losing first sets. They came in an NCAA-best 7-1 in matches they’d started 0-1. But the pressure of that pratfall with a national title shot on the line is considerably multiplied.